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We performed a comparison between Kubernetes and Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Container Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Kubernetes vs. Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The most valuable features of Kubernetes are the integration with Docker and there is plenty of documentation available. We work with Docker as a container, and it is more integrated with Docker than VMware Tanzu.""The most valuable aspect of the solution is the scalability.""The best thing about Kubernetes is that most of the containerized applications are centralized.""Kubernetes is a leading container orchestration solution, known for its simplicity and ease of use. Being open-source, it benefits from large community support, including enterprise support. Many companies offer their own version of Kubernetes, making it widely adopted and supported in the industry.""The scalability seems quite good.""The product is highly scalable.""Scalability is the most valuable feature.""Provides auto rollback and scale-up and scale-down functionalities."

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"The product integrates well with our infrastructure.""Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.""The solution is embedded in the hypervisor and there are no deployment costs.""The solution is easy to manage. You can get everything in a single platform. It is also easy to work with Terraform as a code.""We can do a lot of provisioning.""The most valuable features of the Nutanix Kubernetes Engine (NKE) are its simplicity and efficiency during the initial cluster creation phase.""We can add some add-ons and plugins to the product if we need to.""The technical support is excellent."

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Cons
"The tool needs to improve its UI. The tool is very complex and basic.""Security could be improved. It would be helpful if there were other security modules built into Kubernetes.""The support could be faster at resolving issues.""The pricing could be improved. It would be ideal if it was a bit less.""Community-based Kubernetes is quite hard to set up.""The solution can be quite complex for many users.""Kubernetes is incredibly complicated, so one area of improvement is the ease of administration. I would like a user interface that you can run to help you debug and diagnose problems and suggest how to configure things.""Overall, it's very powerful, but there are also a lot of complexities to manage."

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"There have been challenges related to software bugs, especially regarding long-term licensing options and issues within our customer network.""The product lacks some virtualization capabilities, making it an area for improvement where the solution can focus on providing users with more virtualization capabilities related to disk systems.""I would like to have more nodes for availability and storage.""We need a backup of production clusters.""In the next release, I would like to have automatic dynamic scaling, both upscaling and downscaling.""Areas for improvement in Nutanix Kubernetes Engine (NKE) include upgrading management capabilities and enhancing the user interface for improved usability.""I have issues with the product's interoperability.""GUI lacks sufficient information to help with understanding the installation and process."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The management layer is free, which is perfect. You don't need to pay money for the management layer, but in AWS develop service, you need to pay. I think it is €75 per month for the management layer. It is free here, so you can have as many Kubernetes clusters as you need. You are paying just for the workload, that is, for the machine, CPU, memory, and everything."
  • "Kubernetes is open-source."
  • "The solution is affordable."
  • "Kubernetes is open source. But we have to manage Kubernetes as a team, and the overhead is a bit high. Compared with the platforms like Cloud Foundry, which has a much less operational overhead. Kubernetes, I have to manage the code, and I have to hire the developers. If someone has a product, a developer should know exactly what he's writing or high availability, and all those things may differ the costs."
  • "There are no licensing fees."
  • "There is no licensing fee."
  • "In addition to Kubernetes, you have to pay for support."
  • "The solution requires a license to use it."
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  • "The product's licenses are included in the software version deployed in our data center."
  • "I rate the product price a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
  • "I rate NKE's pricing a six out of ten."
  • "The platform is averagely priced. I rate the pricing as four out of ten."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The most valuable features of Kubernetes have been autoscaling and its resilience mechanisms.
    Top Answer:Microsoft provides reasonable costs for Kubernetes.
    Top Answer:The platform could be more convenient to use. While the Kubernetes CLI is powerful, the interface needs to be improved. The users often navigate between various third-party IDEs. Thus, a more… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable features of the Nutanix Kubernetes Engine (NKE) are its simplicity and efficiency during the initial cluster creation phase.
    Top Answer:Areas for improvement in Nutanix Kubernetes Engine (NKE) include upgrading management capabilities and enhancing the user interface for improved usability. While basic tasks like cluster creation and… more »
    Top Answer:We utilize NKE to create these clusters, configuring components to meet specific business requirements.
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    Also Known As
    K8
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    Overview

    Kubernetes (K8s) is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
    It groups containers that make up an application into logical units for easy management and discovery. Kubernetes builds upon 15 years of experience of running production workloads at Google, combined with best-of-breed ideas and practices from the community.

    Nutanix Kubernetes Engine (NKE) is an enterprise Kubernetes management solution that simplifies provisioning, operations, and lifecycle management of Kubernetes.
    Sample Customers
    China unicom, NetEase Cloud, Nav, AppDirect
    JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, SAIC Volkswagen
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company29%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Retailer12%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Government7%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm38%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Insurance Company13%
    Computer Software Company13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Government8%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business33%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise56%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise63%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business60%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise20%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise61%
    Buyer's Guide
    Kubernetes vs. Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Kubernetes vs. Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    771,157 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Kubernetes is ranked 4th in Container Management with 68 reviews while Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE is ranked 11th in Container Management with 9 reviews. Kubernetes is rated 8.6, while Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Kubernetes writes "Container orchestrator that deploys our machine learning solutions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE writes "Stable platform with an easy initial setup process ". Kubernetes is most compared with VMware Tanzu Mission Control, Amazon EKS, Google Kubernetes Engine, OpenShift Container Platform and HPE Ezmeral Container Platform, whereas Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE is most compared with OpenShift Container Platform, VMware Tanzu Mission Control, NGINX Ingress Controller, Rancher Labs and Docker. See our Kubernetes vs. Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE report.

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